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Kristina Lewis - Material Record. Opening Reception May 31.

Material Record introduces samples from a larger body of work in which I contemplate discarded objects in my immediate urban environment as archaeological finds in an unknown and distant future.

Archaeologists rely on the material record to explain the behaviors of prehistoric, pre-literate cultures. But even when a historical record is available, material data provide crucial, unbiased revelations. Interestingly, a considerable amount of information is gleaned from the study of ancient trash.

Perhaps future archaeologists will find our trash and take it to be treasure…or perhaps they will find our discards re-engineered, jerry-rigged tools and talismans, manifestations of creative necessity in the face of limited resources.

Whatever they discover, I imagine advanced beings lining up to view our refuse enshrined in protective cases, fascinated by what it describes.